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Random entanglement percolation on realistic quantum networks

Quantum Physics 2026-04-27 v1

Abstract

We study random entanglement percolation in heterogeneous quantum networks, where the singlet-conversion probabilities (SCPs) of the edges are drawn from a probability distribution rather than being fixed. After briefly recalling random classical and random quantum entanglement percolation, we focus on polarization-dependent loss (PDL) as a physical source of random edge entanglement in photonic networks. In this setting, polarization imbalance induces a simple map from the PDL magnitude to the edge SCP. We illustrate this map for representative PDL models and discuss the resulting implications for entanglement percolation.

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@article{arxiv.2604.21967,
  title  = {Random entanglement percolation on realistic quantum networks},
  author = {Alessandro Romancino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.21967},
  year   = {2026}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure, 1 table

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